A look inside KU’s DeBruce Center, which will house James Naismith’s original rules of basketball

James Naismith statue installed at KU's DeBruce Center

A bronze sculpture of James Naismith, who wrote the original rules to basketball, now sits outside the nearly-finished DeBruce Center which will house Naismith's handwritten rules of the game. The work was started by Eldon Tefft who died in 2015,

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A bronze sculpture of James Naismith, who wrote the original rules to basketball, now sits outside the nearly-finished DeBruce Center which will house Naismith's handwritten rules of the game. The work was started by Eldon Tefft who died in 2015,

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The final touches are being completed on the DeBruce Center, the $21 million structure that next to Allen Fieldhouse that will be the future home of James Naismith’s original rules of basketball.

KU’s Williams Fund — the official fundraising department for KU Athletics — released photos on its Twitter account of the new building.

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